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TermesAude

A town of 48 in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Termes a good place to live?

Termes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Termes stand out

The 2 things Termes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ruines du château
Ruines du château · Classé · Photo: OlivierDeTermes · CC BY-SA 4.0
Termes’ story

Termes in pictures

Termes has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1951.

52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1951First protected: Église Notre-Dame
  • 1989Most recently protected: Ruines du château
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Nearby attractions

Château de Termes and 3 more in and around Termes

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Termes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Termes.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Termes than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 56% of adults

Children under 15 make up 4.3% of residents. 49% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Aude’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Termes in two is 63.5.

63.5median age
TermesAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma4%
CAP or BEP11%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education56%

Women and men · all residents

60% women, 40% men

About 68 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Termes
TermesAude medianFrance median
Under 154.3%15%17%
15–240%8.9%11%
25–4428%19%23%
45–6419%27%26%
65+49%29%22%
No diploma4.4%21%19%
CAP or BEP11%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%20%18%
Higher education56%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Termes: 52% were built before 1919, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Termes is Ruines du château. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

10th c.
oldest protected part
1951
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Termes has higher unemployment than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 20.0%

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 25.0% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 6.3% of working residents in Termes didn’t travel to work at all.

25%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving69%
On foot25%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Termes, 0.9 per working resident
20.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Termes than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.84/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Termes: 2 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.88/m² a month.

€8.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Termes€8.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €11.86/m² a month)
€6.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Termes

12pages on Termes

Landmarks

Termes has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame: Photo: OlivierDeTermes · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines du château: Photo: OlivierDeTermes · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Termes

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Termes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Termes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Aude →
PalajaTrèbesLézignan-CorbièresLimouxPalajaTrèbesLézignan-CorbièresLimouxTermes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Termes48—————
Palaja2,72215—C—B+
Trèbes5,36116CB−BB
Lézignan-Corbières10,34317DB−DC−
Limoux10,53218CB+C−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Termes

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Termes is a commune of 48 people in the Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
48 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
7.4 sq mi (19.1 km²)
INSEE code
11388

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.